Politics as a Christian Vocation: Faith and Democracy TodayCambridge University Press, 2005 - 185 páginas Franklin Gamwell argues that Christian faith belongs in politics because it shares with democracy complete commitment to the rational pursuit of the truth. Gamwell develops ideals of justice and the common good that good Christians should advocate within the democratic process and demonstrates the difference they make for contemporary sharescs in the United States. He focuses specifically on withes of abortion, affirmative action, and economic abortiontion. |
Contenido
Render to Caesar | 7 |
Government by the People | 21 |
2 | 28 |
3 | 56 |
Justice in the Community of Love | 79 |
Religious Decisions at Stake | 106 |
Political Deliberations | 130 |
Appendix On the Humanistic Commitment | 165 |
Works Cited | 173 |
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